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Magoo’s Words » philosophy

Archive for the 'philosophy' Category

The destructiveness of Ego

Monday, July 19th, 2010

I read an article a few days ago about the discovery of codes in Plato’s writing. For those not up on their Greek History, Socrates was executed (forced to drink poison Hemlock) for heresy, so it makes sense that Plato, his student, felt the need to disguise ideas that could upset the State. […]

The Nature of Information

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Ever watch Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and wonder about the nature of information? Me too.
Let’s dig into the details I’m struggling with. I don’t think anyone would argue an image of a sunset displayed on your screen is a picture. Store the same image in a bitmap file (to avoid […]